Definition of Convenience

1. Noun. The state of being suitable or opportune. "Chairs arranged for his own convenience"

Generic synonyms: Comfort, Comfortableness
Derivative terms: Convenient

2. Noun. The quality of being useful and convenient. "They offered the convenience of an installment plan"

3. Noun. A toilet that is available to the public.

4. Noun. A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.
Exact synonyms: Appliance, Contraption, Contrivance, Gadget, Gismo, Gizmo, Widget
Generic synonyms: Device
Specialized synonyms: Gadgetry, Gimbal, Injector, Mod Con
Derivative terms: Convenient, Gadgeteer

Definition of Convenience

1. n. The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety.

Definition of Convenience

1. Noun. the quality of being suitable, useful or convenient ¹

2. Noun. anything that makes for an easier life ¹

3. Noun. a convenient time, especially in the phrase ''at one's convenience'' ¹

4. Noun. (chiefly British) a public toilet ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Convenience

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Convenience

convectional
convections
convective
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convective heat
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Literary usage of Convenience

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1813)
"This may procure tin convenience, not science. I DF.JCY not but a man, accustomed to rational and regular experiments, shall be able to see farther into the ..."

2. Annual Report by Minneapolis (Minn.), Board of Park Commissioners (1903)
"The bridge was a great convenience to the patrons of the park, and one to take its place of the proper kind and in ,I ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"... being the art of directing the great sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man, as the means of production and of traffic in states ..."

4. Convention by National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science (1906)
"Fuse only important branches, but provide all branches with junction boxes for convenience in testing. ER FRENCH. We fuse all branch lines that pass through ..."

5. The Puritans: Or, The Church, Court, and Parliament of England, During the by Samuel Hopkins (1860)
"... FOR LEICESTER'S Convenience. — THE QUEEN BERATES THE ARCHBISHOP, AND ORDERS HIM TO SUPPRESS THE PROPHESYINGS AND TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PREACHERS. ..."

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